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oW i1 It With IA11t4J C
How far is Europe
from financial and
social bapkruptcy ?
A summary of facts
gathered first hand by
Henry P. Davison.
()%W far Is Europe from financial
n ardl socil bankruptcy?" Is a
question of vital importance to all
the world. Herewith is a concrete
summary of facts of great value
on this question, gathered at first
hand by Henry P. Davison. Con
cerninllg these facts and the man
who gathered them Rowland
Thomas in the New York Sunday
World makes this statement:
At this time Mr. H. P. Davison,
Iartlner in the firm of J. P. Mor
gana. seemns more thoroughly quaill
fled than any other person In Amer
lca to express an authoritative
U;pIl. on cIn condltionlls In Europe.
iie has an extremely keen, clear mind. He Is a
tamn of Ae largest affairs, accustomed by many
years of business experience to grasp the essen
ta; detalls of complex situations. And on top of
his tunsual personal qualifications as a trustwor
thy o'ºserver and reporter, he has just, through
his ,sltion as head of an International organiza
tit.r haIl put in his possession the latest and com
ple' st .nass of information obtainable anywhere.
Be !s chairman of the hboard of governors and
the-mfo'e ex-oleiclo head of the League of Red
Cross sloietes which comprises all the Red Cross
sOcieties in the world except those of the central
powers, and has just returned from the first con
ter.ence If this organization, held In Geneva.
At th'e conference the European situation was
the malt object of consideration, and to give a
hbds for discussion and action, experts were
rea,ht 'I`i from the field all over Europe and
'ther flrst-'tand reports were received and exam*
abed. Thb result was the composite picture of
pest-war Europe In the winter and spring of 1920
whlch Mr. Davison holds In his mind.
iy fixae rule, Mr. Davison does not give Inter
Iewa to I vlidual representatives of the press,
ro .write rigned statements for individual papers.
-e has not broken his rule In this Instance. This
I not an hiterview. But when his unique post
lM- as a s uree of Information was pressed on
his attentl. he grasted the Sunday World ac
as to his htta, and what follows may be taken as
a asbstasttliy accurate and complete statement
tf tact? as he sees them. Its significance can
S hn iully, be overemplpsized.
"he astastrophe." wrote Mr. Balfour. chair
1: of the (fcaell of the League of Nations, to
the led Crs conference at Geneva, "Is orf U-'
naapl magnitude," and In the same co ! nl
tuI asreferred to "the horrors with whliwe are
tCeed," and stated thee had readcji 'appalling
, bie are very straw :;Pti~pl io coming
·: ftCam Pd '-'!uc standing. They indicate
oin its. o( disaster.
It laM ady hope of setting matters right? Can
;U io "come back?" fr is she beakrupt? The
i ap sammry of known factd will be an at
to! ndisamte au a ho that question.
SAhle outwt It Is a ry Ito clarity the at
by making certal distiactions. Europe
. r 3, 8,00 atr miles. Its people
"diASS,0p1, sore than a quarter of the
estibleed Ipopulatit. Psrthermore, at
ilpa as a unit is ssn-eistest,,ifdt ever
It has beesn amt by the war Into vertous
is which condtios widely differ.
aestral, anravaged Spain. Switserland,
Nera9' sad Swelal, with over 40,000,.
aasoUe, constitte spia e airup Dertafed
aMd AdeIra ternis a uer. Russia Is a
SoIf Por" of th' European aslies
. #... e . iNt and lelglum-ar another.
asts e abmasd eiattes of the central
i mes algi are a M fith Between these
aditkim wary  eatly, oad this must be
i a eaeldtag wrether a rope is
.,, phelpl alli. In la th west therei
fle Wrench atphe t is w hua.t and
wries. aqIlte a aild seed of raw
hem eat last his heist af Industry and
ma al hfact abut Prase today
pebopl aa ly aivhe to dte sou
aland a are sies forward brave.
& *qit.e her wpt,sharo or raw
4' fslan furwar. mat backward, led
he blt mmn pruadss l the war, Mr.
ka tnaiwstsems nad ndeus
cn817 n he reled as to do her
ld ber iuilpbors. 'Sbelgim, as
Sle a d, I as ary a enthemsmd,
Is -t her problems a races
tr nt sturdy cmm.o
h diy'work, and at the
'gr~ .qenteress ap to enasort.
ainfBaEuies. ob ttly ajd Englada
d at the United States. Their
5we ar--esagar aM we are '
aateig asym dbtntrls anal car.
At thubma agit only the op.
*a * i*r tessiatuulcshagth. And
ba%. a popmitles of l16o00,ooo.
a the MM seuatrals, It
bhsut a third at the people at En.
bAt efertrewd to a. tibkrupt. Some
nl*P diat aml hut th* hae
bara, e. * .It daa sailer
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hinusemf is left Wt ot ta
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clothing are Insufficient to make life tolerable.
Particularly in the broad belt lying between the
Baltic and the Black seas there is appalling mis
ery. This great area includes the new Baltic
states, Poland. Czecho-Slovakia, Ukraine, Alibtria.
Hungary, Roumania, Montenegro, Albania and
Serbia, to say nothing of Russia eastward and
Armenia to the south. In all that region there Is
almost complete paralysis of nationd lie ain.d ,ht
dustry.
All that part of, _ope has today a tremen
dous numbeas o'le people. Many of them want
to work. ,-.rt there is a great shortage of raw
mat,:ials with which to work,. and tie import
export situation seems all but hopeless. Such
has been the output of paper money and so much
greater is the need of imports than the possibil
ity of exports under existing conditions that these
countries have nothing, either money or goods,
with which to purchase from outside what they
need to sustain life Itself, to say nothing of sup
plies for the revival of Industry. They totter on
the brink of utter ruin, from which'nothing but a
helping hand can save them.
The depreciation in the currencies of some of
-hese countries, as valued in dollars. Is unbeliev
le. According to market quotations of April 10,
it ran as follows:
Austria .......................97.53%
Hungary .......................97.48%
Germany .....................92.32%
Greece ........................43.26%
Roumania ............4..........91.81%
Poland ..,... ....97.98% •
Cseeho-Slovakla .................2.78%
In other words, if the peoples of these coun
tries treed to buy materials and supplies In Amer
Ie at the present market values of their curren
eles, Austria would have to pay approximately 40
times the normal cost. Germany 13 times, Greece
just double. Csecho-Slovakla 14 times and Po
land 50.
These figures are olclal and are the only In
dex which can briefly give any comprehension of
tie economie conditions inside these countries.
Their currencies are deprelated because they
have neither gold nor suiciqpt production with
which to maintain their normal position-with the
United States or with their immediate nsighbors.
Unstil eh such country is able to produce sum
clent to maintain Itself, either tfrn within or by
importing In exchange for gold or goods, it can
not hope for normal conditions, it Indeed it can
hope to survive. There is nothing difliault of
camprehensbon about the situation. Somewhere,
somehow, some time, those countries must be
come possessed of toed, clothing, raw materials
and the means of transporting themt or they
must perish. Ueonomicaly and politically, they
are crippled to a point threatening complete
paralysis, while at the same time the people are
ravaged by destitution and diaese. The Inroads
of the latter on the wa-worn and mdemoeaished
populalti has reacbed the proportions which
Mr. Baltour called "appalling."
Mean womes and children are dying by thou
sands, and over vast 'once evillaed areas there are
neither medical appliances nor medical skll sM1
deat to cope with the aanltary eciis.
In the Ukraine. winter of 1918-19, typhus and
Infauena affected ms of the population. In vim
lages of 2,000 and 8,0o0 half the people would be
Ill of typhus at the same time. Many physicians
attended a territory 40 miles in diameter. Some
who had 20,000 to 30.000 typhus patients could
get no medical supplies whatsoever, and could
give only oral encouragement to their sick. And
this year the condition is even worse. Pauperism
is becoming more and more Intene. Prices have
advanced pteadily.
In Austria, skeordlng to a report dated Feb.
rtary 12, there were in Vienna rations for three
weeks. People were apathetie, fatalistle and
l! and there was an epidedbie of dancing One
da was Attended by 4,000 people, half of whom
had bad no dinners. Refusing to go home, they
daese until exhausted. One hundred thousand
school children were apderfed and diseased as a
a te of ond shortage lack of fuel and Inae.
a:tIpital fae! ttlmes Crime was increasing
a tset a e ad popeattnp. hunger soestimes
;.4tii 30 hns toi attempts at murder. The
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population of Vienna was literally famished. The
general death rate had increased 46 per cent
since 1913, and the death rate from tuberculosis
250 per cent. Many children of one year I ad not
surpassed their weight at birth. The middla class.
living on salaries, were selling their belcugings
to buy even the -"·-ernment ration. One mnal for
on_ 'persoia cost 6 kronen at the municipal kitch
ens, while the salary of a professor was i'T kro
nen a month. An overcoat cost three montiX' sal
ary of a court justice, and a second-hand xrnault
automobile sold for an amount equal to 11 years'
salary of the chancellor.
The following is taken from a commu.lcation
from Sir William Goode. British director of re
lief :
"All official and other reports  hich reach me
give no hope of improvement In the situation in
Central and Eastern Europe. The misery of the
outlook in many parts, particularly In Austria.
Poland and Armenia. Is worse than ever. * * "
The marshaled charity of the world, government
and unofficial, will not alone heal the disease
from which Europe is suffering. Increased pro
duction and the restoration of economic order out
of political and ecoronomic chaos are the only solu
tions of the problem that now defies the Ingenulty
of those who face it."
Such Is the picture of conditions In the spring
of this year of our Lord 19I24-acording to the
information gathered by Mr. I)wiaon during a
two months' stay overseas, where he joined in
conference with representatives of 27 nations
How Is that aid to be rendered? A week ago
last night, at a dinner given to h!m at the Wal
dorf-Astoria hotel, Mr. Davison spoke at length
of conditions as he nad found them. and indicated
what seemed to him the only possible courses of
remedial action. To quote from portions of his
speech:
"Any voluntary aid, to become effective, car
onl, follow the provision of such essentials as
food, clothes, and transportation, which" m'st be
given if the peoples are to !:ve and he restored t,
a condition of self-support, and the need of which
in so vast that It cannot he given by voluntary
organizations, but must be supplied by govern
ments. Upon assurance from the league of na
tions that food, clothing and transportation will
be supplied by govwrnments, the League of Red
Cross societies shall at once formulate plans for
the Immediate extenion of voluntary relief with
In the affected districts, appealing to the peoples
of the world, throigh the Red Cross organiza
.tions, for doctors, nurses and other necessarj
personnel, medical supplles. diet foodstusTs, and
such money as may he required. * *
"We are going to And out that we can no more
escape the Influence rf the European situation of
today than we were able to escape the war Itself.
You cannot have one-half of the world starving
and the other half eating. We must help put Eu
rope on its feet or we must participate in Eu
rope's misery. * * " We find ourselves the
only country possessed of many of the supplies
which Europe needs and which cannot be pur
chased or given In sufficient volume on credit.
As a nation we should at once arrange to -place
within the reach of those peoples that which they
need to save them and start them on their way
to recovery. * * * The situation has 'devel-.
oped so far and so seriously that there is no pos
sibility-of its being met in any other way. * * =
"I have always been an optimistic American.
because of my supreme confidence in the ultimate
Judgment of the American publie upon any ques
tion submitted to them. I believe that as soon
as we realize the truth and effect of such state
ments as I have made, we will take steps worthy
of the traditions of the American people. There
fore the responsibility upon everyone of us is to
do whatever may he in our power to the end
that the American people may have a 'enr nn
derstanding of what It all means, that they may
the sooner declare themselves. * * * Not un
-1i the prior and fundamental step is taken of fur
nishlng by government action the necessary ele
mentals, food. clothing and transport, will we, the
American people, properly have established our
selves among the peoples of the world and be in a
position to leave a creditable heritage to those
who are to come after."
!33 aMd Sb swa m gser. The Roman
in I.m.b, ueed gawt for Poles
a ` tt Very thck to
bev'F the ·taaurs o these 15dle4
1Thii '~e4 to be tbought ~afh than
K b i~r~~k~ ratu
pi 0 1 'i'hellr t r il tYtafl to tae
iR. u eitl, i s stiles
iuaii- lirii h tobtier.
rWl t s ue .~C I ·
ormen, boys learn swimming on cork
supports, lifeboat men wear cork
Jackets, and where -the cork tree
grows palls and tubs are made of cork.
Waahb Yeor Weight
Medical m all agree that In a
great number f cases It would be
of valuable asstance to them If pa
tients could produce a weight record
when gelag for avice; often It is
mpossible for a diagnosi to be given
•atll a patient has tasted his or her
weght for a certan length tls.
LOVE AFFAIRS OF ROYALTY
Monarchs and Princes of Britain
Figure .Conspicuously In we
Annals of Gallantry.
There is a great deal of talk to the
effect that the prince of Wales will be
allowed to follow the dictates of his
heart in the matter of marriage, even
if the lady he should choose be not of
royal blood, remarks the Montreal
Family Herald.
The rule requiring that royalty wed
with royalty is not as old as is some
times thought, for it war only In the
time of George III. that the Royal
Marriage act was passed. George III.
himself made the daughter of a linen
' draper his wife, though she never was
his queen.
In olden times, of course, the king
married to cement on alliance with
some foreign country, but happily
there is no need for that form of
diplomacy in these nodern times.
Henry VIII.--"tbluff King I.l"--pnce
declared, "WVhere my heart goeth, there
shall my hand be bestowed." and fol
lowed this up by wooing and eventual
ly winning Anne Boleyn, the daughter
of a knight and tht doesce:ldant of a
London apprentice. Very passionate
was his wooing of his "own sweet
heart."
The day after poor Anne's head fell
ulnder thl exc'utollln'r's axe on Tower
green. he was stnraling at the altar
with .Tine Seymoul , another knight's
daughter, hlo bevanie the mother of
our sixth El.wa rd.
Whie:n he was prince of Wales.
;George IV. fell in love with Mrs. Fitz
herbert. a beautiful widow. IHe was
very ardent in his wHoing . and thlie lady
led him ia pretty dance b'efore she
finaill ylelded and allowed him to
nmake her his wife.
There Is a charming frankness In her
letters to her royal, lover, in one oif
which she writes, in answer to a re- 4
quest to meet the prince after leaving
the hallroom : "'Meet you ' What,
you?-thei prince of Wales. whose
character in the annals of gallantry is
too well knowr, for me to suppose that
after such a meeting I should have any
character at all!"-tLondon Telegraph.
Japanese Arts Being Forgotten.
A Japanese contributor to the Jalan
Advertiser has the following note on
the forgotten arts of his country: "All
the polite arts and accomplishments
are in a had way. How many middle
school boys of today know how to
drink tea in the forms of the tea cere- 4
mony? Flower arrangement is being
fast forgotten. Versiflcation, which
once was one of the commonest ac
quirments of youths, is a hopeless my 4
tery to the people of Taisho. The
word politeness is not to be found in
their lexicon. When at home they
read cheap story magazines, and when
going out they put themselves at the
tender mercies of Jammed tramcars.
So they wax ever more dwarfed andt
penguin-footed, both physically and
mentally. And the love of nature, of
,art and poetry, which was such a dis
tinguished characteristic of the Yama
to race is being quickly replaced by the
love of money and accumulation."
Fire Without Matches.
Fire without matches may be pro.
duced with a handful of dry grass and
two pieces of wood. one 'tlled the tin
derwood, and the other a piece of very
hard wool or very soft wood that is
called the drill or spindle. A hand
ful of dry grass is placed on a solid
rock or board. and a notch is cut in
the tlinlerwood. The tindcrwood is
then placed on the dry grass and the
spindle Is Inserted in the notch in
the tlnderwocd. The spindle Is made
to spin at a fast rate between the
palms of the hands until a coal Is pro
duced. Then the dg grass is taken
up Il the hands and blown on to make
a blaze. It is then dropped on the
grotnd and dry twigs and other grass
piled on. A much quicker method
than using the palms of the hands is
to have a how with a leatier thong I
stretched on It. 'The spindle is fixed
with one tarn around it and made to
revolve very fast In the notch of the
tinderwood. .
Object Lessons In Fuel Saving.
The moving pictures are to be made
use of as a means of educating people
in thie manner of making the most
efclent use of fuel. Several 50-mln
ate films have been made, show!ng
good and bad operation in steam boil.
er plants, methods of tbsting boilers,
Sand the like. These pictures IllI be
available to each state in connection
with its educational propaganda to I
- conserve the fuel supply. A series of
official bulletins on engineering phases
Sof steam and fuel economlcs also is
being prepared. They will include
boiler and furnace testitg, fuel gas
analysis, saving steam in heating sys
tems, boiler-room accounting system,
saving steam and fuel in industrial
plants, burning fipe sizes of anthra
Scite, holler water tre:atmnent, oil. burn
- ing antl stoker operition.
Great Game Farm Planned.
When yie legislature passes a bill
of aceepltrane., Louislana will have a
veritable empire of thie wild, stretch
ing along tlhe gu1f of MIexico seventy
five miles and comprising 500 square
miles.
The property consists of Marsh is
land wlthl 78,00i0 acres of land, pur
chaseld bly Mrs. Russell Sage and given
to the state as a game refuge, and
a tract of 85,000 acres In Ve:mllilon
and Cameron parishes, given by the
Rockefeller foundation.
Adjoining Marsh island Is the pres
ent state game farm on land belonging
to the Mchlhenny interests of 60,000
acres. Lying between is what is
known as the grand Chenler tract of
85,000 acres, which the state expects
to acquire In the near future.
She Knew ItL
When a young man in my late eene
I picked up a little telegraphy fromt a
friend of mine. One evening we at
tended a club dance sad after heaving
danced with a partlcularly poor
Sdancer, I drummed on the arm of my
I cdUr for my friend's beaL t, "poor
·dancer, stepped all oer is." To my
a tter asurpdm a t m haiatim the girl
r sttting neat to as tlsed and mid
quietly, "e idMt advertise ths
5g ~,Jre q'uCbemu
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give our trade the benefit of.
Your patronage is much appre
ciated and close attention is given
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NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI
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TREEPASS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given, that Pitt.
field Plantation, in Concordia Parish.
L.a.. is posted againsihunting, shoot
Ing, or in any way trespassing thereon.
Violators will iu prosecuted to the fall
extent of the law.
W. W. DIX. Manager.
Vidalia, IL., Oct. 10, 1919. ly.
POST ED.
Notice is hereby given, that Iatto
core and Arnaudlia Plantations are
posted against hunting. fishing and all
>ther manner of trespassing. Viola.
:ors of this will be prosecuted to the
lull extent of the law. No exceptions.
Oct. 18. A. H. GILLE~PIE.
POSTED.
Nolies is hereby given that that part
ao the PARK PLANTATION belong
Ing to Mr. J. J. McAdams, located
near Clayton, Concordia Parsh, I.,
is posted against gathering of pecans
at this time or during the season of
1920, and also against any one cutting
timber of all kinds, or in mny way
trespassing on said property, either,
fenced or unfenced. Violators will be
prosecuted without exception.
Clayton, La., Nov. 1, 1919.
R. SAM HARMAN, Agent.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
The property of the undersigned on
Bayou Cocodra, in Concordia Parish,
Louisiana, is posted against hunting,
shooting. fishing, trapping or In any
manner trespassing thereon. Violators
will be prosecuted to the full extent of
the law. ANNIE CRAWFORD.
=THE=
NATCHEZ HOTEL
AND CAFE
Headquarters for Concor
dia people while in Natchez.
CAFE and GRILL ROOM
open day and night. Both
are popular in price.
R. . Clark, Jr., M
S. T. CIAr, Jr., Mpr.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given, that ElkMhor
and Weecama Plan ation, in Concord1
Parish. La., are posted against huot
'ng, shooting, fishing, or fen.e cutting,
or in any other manner trespassin
thereon. Violators will be prosecuted
to the full exteat of the law.
P. D. BROWN.
Vidalia, La.. Sept 18t%, 1919.
TRESPASS NOTICEL
Notice is hereby given, that Vaawsle
Plantation, in Concordla Parish Il., is
posted against hunting, shooting, fish
ing, or In any manner trespasping
thereon. Violators will be prosecated
to the full extent of the law.
R. (P. SCHIUL.
Vidalia, La.. March 24, 1919.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given, that the
White Hall Plantation, In ConcordiS
Parish. La., is posted against hunting
shooting, fishing, pecan gathering, of
in any manner trespassing thereon.
Violators will be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law.
WHITE HALL PLANTATION.
Vidalia, La., Oct. 4th, 1918.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that hunting,
fishing, shooting, fence cutting, ped
dlers, agents, any other trespassing
is prohibited on CHOCTAW Plants
tion, L'Argent. La., and all violators
are warned that any violation of this
will be 7igorously prosecuted by law.
nog .T. T K IRR.
POSTED.
Notice is heret"! given, that Gijl
pie's Island, oppo 'te Ferriday, in th
'Misslssislppi River is posted agains
hunting, fishing and otnerwise t
passing and all violators will be pl
cuted to the full extent of the law.
Oct. 18. A H. CHAMBER.
UP-TO- DATE
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SHOE REPAIRING
Prices Reasonable
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TO
Raymond Aguirre .
NATCHEZ. MISS.